Rail-anchor.



B. WOL'HAUPT-ER.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED IAN-28, 1916- Pafented May 30, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

nmn.

3 5mm u m Sam/Imam )404 4/ UP r513 I B. WOLHAUPTER. I

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.28. 1916.

v Patented. May 30,1916.

BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTER, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK. 4

RAIL-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 28, 1916. Serial No. 74,835.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN VVoLHAor- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail.--.n'chors, of which the following is a specincation.

This invention relates to that class of devices employed to prevent' longitudinal "creeping of railway rails, and has for its object a simple and inexpensive device of this character which satisfactorily responds to working requirements.

To this end the invention contemplates a rail anchor or anti-creeping device which will effectually prevent a railway rail from creeping in either direction and which will remain operative and effective at all times regardless of the expansion and contraction of the rails due'to temperaturefchanges.

A further object of the invention is to provide an anti-creeping device or rail an-' 'chor which can be easily or quickly applied to'or removed from any standard cross-section of rail, and which may be utilizedto advantage in connection with a chair plate interposed between the rail base and the tie.

Furthermore, a distinctive feature of the present invention 18 to provide a form of construction which does not depend upon springs or other auxiliary moving elementsto hold the rail-gripping means 1n operative position, while at the same time having such an arrangement with respect to the chair or tie-plate as to be malntained in operative position against displacement in any direction as long as the rail 1s resting upon the chair plate, This phase" of the invention involves the desirable expedient'of utilizing the rail-gripping member or clip 1n such a form that the rail flange itself will hold said member or clip in operative relation to the forms of construction without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, so' for illustrative purposes several preferred and practical forms of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is atop plan view ofone formof the invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of another form of construction illustrating a modification in the specific formation of the fixed wedge abutment formed on the chair plate. Fig. 4 is a detail cross-sectional view on the line 4+4; of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan View illustrating an- Patented May 30,1916;

other modification in the formation of the on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5 illustrating another modification in the formation of the cfiir plate to provide the fixed wedgeabutme 'ts. Fig.- 8 is a cross-section 0n the line' 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Like" references refer to corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Every form of the present invention in-- volves the; employment of what may be termed a rail clip.,j designated its entirety bythe numeral 1. This rail clip is preferably constructed of a single piece of hardened steel bent to provide the upper and lower gripping jaws 2 and 3, respectively. These gripping jaws of each rail. clip are divergently relatedto form there between a tapering flange-receiving socket .4 which accommodates the tapering flange and adjustment for the clip to adapt itself to the rail flange wheh driven thereon. It

v 50 construction, combination and arrangement chair plate and at the same time act as a 45 guard or keeper for the said memberor. clip. I With these and other objects in view which will-appear to those familiar with this art, the invention consists in the novel is by reason of the divergent relation of the gripping jaws 2 and 3 and the tapering characteristic of the socket 4:.that the clip 1. acts as a wedge, when under pressure to wedge itself -tightly upon the rail flange so that the jaw 2 will firmly bind and 5 grip upon. the upper surface-of the rail 'fiange while the lower jaw 3 will firmly,

- bind and grip agai'nst'the under side of the rail-flange, as will be. apparent from Fig. 2 and the other similar views ,of the draw/ ings.

According to'the present invention,{,the

of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

The distinctive feature of the invention involved in the novel combination-between 55 a rail-fiange-engagn'ng clipand a chair plate is susceptible of embodiment in various Wedging or anchoring of the rail clip upon the rail flange is accomplished solely by an inward movement of the clip laterally toward the rail web, this movement of the clip being accomplished by a cumming or wedging contact between the clip and the chair plate. This will now be referred to.

As indicated, the invention consists simply of two members: the rail clip above de scribed, and a chair plate designated by the numeral 5. The said chair plate is adapted to be placed upon the tie and spiked thereto in the usual manner. either by driven 'or screw spikes, and the upper side thereof is formed with the usual flat rail seat 6; and also the chair plate Sis formedat its upper side with a raised abutment shoulder 7 against which bears the rail flange at one side of the rail, while the rail flange at the opposite side of the rail is mdapted to be fitted with the rail clip 1. To provide for the proper accommodation of the rail clip and its free movement, both transversely and longitudinally, the chair plate 1 is designed or""formed in its upper side with a clearance recess or chamber 8 into which projects the lower part of the rail clip 1, including. its lower jaw 3, and at the outer side portion of the clearance recess 8 the chair plate 5 is provided with a fixed wedge abutment 9. In the form of construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings,

this fixed wedge abutment J is partly formed by one wall of the recess 8 and by a substantial reinforcing rib 10 rolled with the chair 5. The said abutment presents, toward the rail, oppositely inclined bearing faces 11, 11*, against which are adapted to ride or slide the corresponding oppositely inclined wedging faces 12, 12, formed upon the solid heel 13 of the rail clip 1.

' By reason of the construction described, it will be seen that when a rail clip is driven upon the flange of a rail, and the latter, is seated upon the chair plate in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. the rail clip will be held against displail'cment in a permanent, operative, relation to the fixed Wedge abutment 9 so that, according to Whether the rail creeps longitudinally in one direction or the other, the rail clip will be carried against one or the other of the oppositely inclined bearing faces 11,. 11. Assuming the rail to move longitudinally, in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. l of the drawings, the effect will be to carry the wedging face 12 of the clip 1 against the inclined bearing face 11 of the fixed wedging abutment, resulting in wedging or cumming the rail clip laterally in the direction indicated by the transverse arrow on Fig. 1 of the drawings, thereby crowding or wcdging the clip so firmly upon the rail flange as .to become firmly anchored thereto-and to. arrest or take up further longitudinal movement of the rail. A. corresponding action takes place if the rail moves or creeps longitudinally in the opposite direction.

A great variety of modifications may be resorted to in the form of construction of the chair plate to provide the inclined bearing faces which are engaged by the clip. For instance. in Figs. 3 and of the drawings, the abutment J is simply formed by one wall of the recess 5% without supplemental reinforcement as suggested in Figs. 1 and 2; while in Figs. 5 and (3 of the drawings is suggested the expedient of construct ing the chair plate with oppositely disposed rounded wedge or hearing abutments 11 and 14 against which, respectively, ride the inclined wedging faces 12 and 12 of the rail clip. Again, in ligs. 7 and 8 of the drawings is shown an equiyalent construction, namely, the provision on the upper side of a raised abutment consisting of separate angularly related lugs 15 and 1.5, presenting the inclined bearing faces 16 and 16 which are, respectively, engaged by the inclined wedging faces 12 and 12 of the rail clip. Other similar and equivalent forms: of construction may obviously be employed without affecting the important structural and functional characteristics of the invention as herein pointed out.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention, in its essential aspects, will be readily apparent without further description; and it will be understood that minor changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the invention or sacrificing any of the'advantages thereof.

. I claim,

l. A rail anchor comprising a chair member and a rail clip member, one of said members being provided with oppositely arranged bearing faces and the other of said members having oppositely arranged wedging faces for engagement with said bearing faces.

2. A rail anchor comprising a chair having a fixed -abutment and a rail clip adapted to embrace the rail flange and provided with separate wedging faces.

3. A rail anchor comprising a chair provided with oppositely arranged bearing faces and a rail-flange-embracing clip having oppositely arranged wedging faces adapted to respectively engage said bearing faces of the. chair.

4. A rail anchor comprising achair plate provided with oppositely inclined bearing faces and a rail-fiange-embracing clip provided with oppositely inclined wedging faces for engagement with said bearing faces.

4"). A rail anchor comprising a chair plate provided with opposltely inclined bearlng faces and a railflange-embracing clip formed With a heel having oppositely inclined wedging faces. 1

6. A rail anchor comprising a chair-plate provided with a recess and separate hearing faces at one side of the recess, and a railflange-embracing clip having separate wedging facesfor engagement respectively with said separate hearing faces.

I 7. A rail anchor comprising a chair plate provided with a recess and oppositely arranged bearing faces at one side of the re- 'cess and a rail-flaiwe-emln'acin cli) received within said recess and having oppositel'y arranged wedging faces for engagement with said hearing faces. 8. 'A chair plate provided with an abutment shoulder for the rail flange, a recess and oppositely arranged bearing faces at one side of the said recess, and a rail-flangembracing clip having oppositely arranged wedging faces for engagement with said hearing faces.

9. A rail anchor comprising a chair provided with a recess and with oppositely inclined bearing faces at the outer side of said recess and a rail-flange-embracing clip formed with a heel projection having oppositely inclined wedging faces for engagement with said bearing faces.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

BENJAMIN \VOLHAUPTER.

\Vitnesses:

ARCHIE Lowanr, J r., E. K. KERSHNER. 

